Description
Ford Falcon Black and white 10″ x 13″ ad for the Ford Compact Car. The top picture in the ad is a slightly out-of-focus picture of a semi hauling five covered cars down the other side of the highway and the headline under it says “The bigger the compact car field gets…”. The next picture shows the tail end of that same semi and, on this side of the road, is a shiny Four Door Ford Falcon with the headline saying “…the better Falcon looks!”. The text makes the claims of 30 miles on a gallon, 4,000 miles between oil changes while never needing to be waxed. It talks about the optional 170 Special Engine, the price lower than other low prices and warranties of 12,000 or 12 months, whichever comes first. There is a Charles Schultz drawing of Charlie Brown talking to Linus with Charlie saying the same thing the headline does causing Linus to reply, “That’s poetry”.
Source: October 24, 1960 Life magazine.
